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LA PAZ (ANP/AFP) - Protesten in de Boliviaanse hoofdstad La Paz zijn geëscaleerd. Demonstranten bestormden onder meer overheidsgebouwen en een protestleider wordt door de regering vervolgd voor terrorisme vanwege het veroorzaken van onrust.
De politie zette traangas in, waarop de demonstranten met explosieven en stenen teruggooiden. Beelden die door de regering zijn vrijgegeven, tonen hoe demonstranten een kantoor plunderen en er met meubels, computers, beeldschermen en andere apparatuur vandoor gaan. De autoriteiten hebben geen gewonden gemeld.
In de loop van de dag keerde de rust in de hoofdstad terug. Winkels blijven gesloten, evenals toegangswegen naar de stad.
Duizenden boeren, mijnwerkers, leraren en werknemers uit andere sectoren voeren al wekenlang actie voor loonsverhoging, economische stabiliteit en een einde aan de privatisering van staatsbedrijven. Ze eisen het aftreden van de centrumrechtse president Rodrigo Paz, die nog geen zes maanden geleden aantrad.
Het Andesland maakt de ergste economische crisis in vier decennia door, met een inflatie die in april op jaarbasis 14 procent bereikte.
WASHINGTON (ANP/RTR) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft aangekondigd dat TrumpRx.gov nu ook generieke medicijnen zal gaan aanbieden. TrumpRx.gov is een door de overheid gesteunde website die kortingen biedt op receptgeneesmiddelen.
"Ik ben verheugd aan te kondigen dat we het aantal medicijnen dat beschikbaar is op TrumpRx bijna verzevenvoudigen, door meer dan 600 betaalbare generieke middelen aan de website toe te voegen", zei Trump tijdens een evenement in het Witte Huis.
Zestien grote farmaceutische bedrijven spraken eerder al met het Witte Huis af hun prijzen te verlagen in ruil voor vrijstelling van Amerikaanse invoertarieven. Die prijsverlagingen gelden onder meer voor de medicijnen op de website.
Nintendo already amended the claims in February and can try to amend them again. It can try to persuade the examiner and potentially appeal the decision. But the initial rejection suggests that Nintendo will not obtain the desired touchscreen monster-catching patent quickly. The rejection was communicated on April 24, 2026. Nintendo could abandon the application now, but Nintendo being Nintendo, they are more likely to try to persuade the examiner to arrive at a different conclusion, even though the reasons for the rejection are strong. In many patent examination processes, the initial rejection is essentially just an invitation to present one's best arguments. Here, however, the rejection notice is so well-reasoned that it will be an uphill battle for Nintendo. Nintendo's application would cover a touchscreen-controlled game in which a player moves through "a field in a virtual space," uses "a capture item for capturing a field character," and can summon "a battle character" to fight that creature. During combat, the game would display "a plurality of commands including at least an attack command and an item command," selected through "an operation input using the touch panel."
The key claim is that when the capture item is used "during a battle" or "in a non-battle state," the game performs "a capture success determination," and, if successful, "the field character is captured and set to a state owned by the player."
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Few had heard of the crude oil-derived chemical until recently, but shortages caused by the blockade of the strait of Hormuz have led to a spike in concern
Japan’s government is fighting to cushion the economic impact of the Middle East war, as the shortage of oil sends inflation rising, with the crisis threatening to undermine prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s wide poll lead.
Amidst it all, new polling shows that Japan has seen a surge in concern over shortages of naphtha, a crude oil product that is used to make a wide variety of products.
Continue reading...Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plants
A wildfire that broke out on an island in the Channel Islands national park has become California’s largest wildfire so far this year, burning through more than 10,000 acres, destroying historic structures and endangering rare plant communities that conservationists had struggled to reclaim.
About six dozen firefighters have been deployed to control the blaze, which broke out on Friday, but their efforts have been undermined by strong winds. The fire is now at 0% containment, according to a Cal Fire incident report.
Continue reading...OpenAI’s plans now seem all but guaranteed, given that the world’s richest man couldn’t put a stop to them
On Monday morning, a jury in Oakland, California, handed a resounding victory to Sam Altman and OpenAI in their long, bitter courtroom battle with Elon Musk.
The federal jury found Altman, OpenAI and its president, Greg Brockman, not liable for Elon Musk’s claims that they unjustly enriched themselves and broke a founding contract made with Musk when founding the startup. The unanimous verdict, delivered after less than two hours of deliberation, is a stark rebuke of Musk and his lawyer’s claims that Altman “stole a charity” through his leadership of OpenAI.
Nick Robins-Early contributed reporting
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